Driving into Havana, most of the city was in darkness. For the second time in a week, more than 10 million people across Cuba were left without power during a national blackout. We were told that in some places, people were going 14 hours without electricity.
This is the human reality of a criminal and inhumane blockade, imposed on Cuba by the United States. Cuba has been under a US embargo for over 60 years – an embargo that doesn’t just prevent bilateral trade between these two countries, but tries to isolate Cuba from the rest of the world.
